The Nigerian Army says some of the 39 soldiers declared missing after last week’s suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in the border town of Gashigar in Borno have been returned.
Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole who stated this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri said the military was engaged in an ongoing operation to uproot the terrorists from the area.
He also said they were focused on rescuing the remaining Chibok girls and had recorded progress in its quest to apprehend collaborators of the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East.
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